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The patient is admitted to the intensive care unit for monitoring. Three hours later the nurse calls you to review because she is concerned that there is a drop in the GCS…

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SOE Cases

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For each SOE question:
- An introduction slide will be displayed with further information for long-case format questions
- Questions will be displayed in turn, immediately followed by a suggested answer
A timer is provided for your guidance only – the question will not time-out

SBAs

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For each SBA question:
- An introduction slide will be displayed with further information for long-case format questions
- Each of the case questions will be displayed in turn the marks available displayed
- Questions can be scrolled through. and completed in any order
- Once completed suggested answers can be shown with points that score marks highlighted in yellow
- A self-score box is provided to document your mark for each question
- At the end of the case, the total marks out of 20 will be displayed
A timer is provided for your guidance only – the question will not ‘time-out’

Flashcards

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Select the number of questions to answer in the session
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Flashcards will be shown base upon your chosen
Cards will be repeated in differing frequencies depending upon your answer:
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Repeats in 8

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The session will end once all cards have been learned
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CRQ Cases

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For each CRQ question:
- An introduction slide will be displayed with further information for long-case format questions
- Each of the case questions will be displayed in turn the marks available displayed
- Questions can be scrolled through. and completed in any order
- Once completed suggested answers can be shown with points that score marks highlighted in yellow
- A self-score box is provided to document your mark for each question
- At the end of the case, the total marks out of 20 will be displayed
A timer is provided for your guidance only – the question will not ‘time-out’

OSCE Cases

This element is designed to simulate the OSCE exam using past topics or associated content
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For each SOE question:
- An introduction slide will be displayed at the beginning of each case with further information slides or images displayed between questions
- Questions will be displayed in turn, immediately followed by a suggested answer
- Suggested answers that score marks are highlighted
- A self-score box is provided to document your mark for each question
- At the end of the case, the total marks out of 20 will be displayed
A timer is provided for our guidance only – the question will not ‘time-out’